Tony Blair, His Greatest Speech, a fully paid-up member

Blair's valedictory at the Labour Party conference in 2006 just as he steps down as British Prime Minister.

"... and they taught me that most of Politics isn't about politics in sense of meetings and resolutions, speeches and even parties sometimes. It starts with people, it's about friendship, and art, and culture and sport. It's actually about being a fully paid-up member of the human race before being a fully paid-up member of the Labour Party."

Valedictory: a speech or Statement in which you say goodbye
a fully paid-up member of a group: when someone strongly supports what that group likes or believes in